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Bulldog

#3580
March 30, 2009, 09:48:56 PM
Quote from: donwyn on March 30, 2009, 06:58:26 PM
Wrong, B-dawg.

Thanks for showing me the errors of my way. :D

Dancing Divertimentian

#3581
March 31, 2009, 05:04:59 AM
Quote from: Bulldog on March 30, 2009, 09:48:56 PM
Thanks for showing me the errors of my way. :D

Likewise. 8)
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Mandryka

#3582
March 31, 2009, 11:52:24 PM Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 12:00:58 AM by Mandryka
Cziffra live -- has anyone checked it for sound quality?

Pompa-Balda -- Van Cliburn silver medalist with an "interesting" bit of Prokofiev on youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu-1W1k1QTk (wear your ear plugs -- the sound is harsh)

and a nice Scriabin 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVbAMgOavw&feature=channel_page
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Lethevich

#3583
April 01, 2009, 03:44:31 PM


Haydn - Symphonies no.45 & 85 (iirc)
Kraus - Symphony in D major (ditto)

A disc with a really interesting programme. Not just the combination of composers, but the Haydn works chosen. It used to be common, but nowadays almost seems heretical to mix and match Haydn's different compositional "eras" - so this makes for a doubly interesting coupling.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Coopmv

#3584
April 05, 2009, 05:56:08 AM
After the WTC, I am sold ...

jlaurson

#3585
April 05, 2009, 06:45:11 AM
Quote from: Coopmv on April 05, 2009, 05:56:08 AM
After the WTC, I am sold ...


That's what I thought, too... and when I got this recording, I was fairly disappointed. Interested to hear what you think about them, when you get it.
To my ears, they were a tad boring.

Mandryka

#3586
April 05, 2009, 07:06:32 AM Last Edit: April 05, 2009, 07:09:26 AM by Mandryka
Quote from: Coopmv on April 05, 2009, 05:56:08 AM
After the WTC, I am sold ...



If you haven't bought it yet, consider the recording on her GPOTTC disc -- she was much better when she was younger and the Great Pianists record comes from her prime.

Someone once told me that she had some sort of "experience" when she was young and as a result she thought that Bach was speaking to her directly from the other side -- telling her how it should be played.

Can anyone validate this story?

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Coopmv

#3587
April 05, 2009, 10:44:33 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on April 05, 2009, 07:06:32 AM
If you haven't bought it yet, consider the recording on her GPOTTC disc -- she was much better when she was younger and the Great Pianists record comes from her prime.

Someone once told me that she had some sort of "experience" when she was young and as a result she thought that Bach was speaking to her directly from the other side -- telling her how it should be played.

Can anyone validate this story?



I bought this 1953 recording.  The DG engineers did a splendid job remastering the original tape ...

haydnguy

#3588
April 05, 2009, 08:25:39 PM

Que

#3589
April 05, 2009, 10:15:56 PM Last Edit: April 05, 2009, 10:18:39 PM by Que

haydnguy

#3590
April 06, 2009, 12:52:40 AM
Quote from: Que on April 05, 2009, 10:15:56 PM
Buy it! :)

Q

I did.   (Consider this my "Purchases Today").   :D

Lilas Pastia

#3591
April 07, 2009, 03:30:39 PM Last Edit: April 07, 2009, 03:34:15 PM by Lilas Pastia
Not an April Fool's offering, but one of the most unexpected discs I've seen:



Mozert's Gran Partita serenade K. 361 and Berg's Concerto for violin, piano and 13 instruments.
American Record Guide gives it an excellent review.

The new erato

#3592
April 08, 2009, 12:55:47 AM
My favorite Norwegian music critic whom I thrust a lot, loved the Berg and was severely critical of the Mozart.

hautbois

#3593
April 08, 2009, 02:00:56 PM
Quote from: Lilas Pastia on April 07, 2009, 03:30:39 PM
Not an April Fool's offering, but one of the most unexpected discs I've seen:



Mozert's Gran Partita serenade K. 361 and Berg's Concerto for violin, piano and 13 instruments.
American Record Guide gives it an excellent review.

DO.....NOT......BUY....THIS......

The Gran Partita is a complete dud.

Howard

Lilas Pastia

#3594
April 08, 2009, 06:36:58 PM
Thanks for the comments, guys. Did you actually hear it, or are you judging from reviews? ARG's is the only one I read.

haydnguy

#3595
April 08, 2009, 08:12:18 PM
Quote from: hautbois on April 08, 2009, 02:00:56 PM
DO.....NOT......BUY....THIS......

The Gran Partita is a complete dud.

Howard

Maybe it's just me but the first time I saw that cover I thought that Mozart and Berg were a bit of  strange combination.  :-\

Brian

#3596
April 09, 2009, 08:36:07 AM
Fanfare calls it the "missing link" between Schumann and Brahms:

hautbois

#3597
April 09, 2009, 08:43:33 AM
Quote from: BaxMan on April 08, 2009, 08:12:18 PM
Maybe it's just me but the first time I saw that cover I thought that Mozart and Berg were a bit of  strange combination.  :-\

It's actually a wonderful combination, and very creative as well! We don't need another Berg compilation or complete Mozart disc. This is the way to go in my opinion. Unfortunately, i don't think Boulez understands the Gran Partita. I am an avid fan of Tetzlaff and Uchida, and Boulez is a name that speaks for himself, but simply....the Gran Partita is not good...they play it like a run through, with weird musical decisions on articulation, a terrible studio accoustic, and worst of all, the music is not allowed to breath at all. (For really good Gran Partita check out the Netherlands Wind Ensemble's recording on their own label.)

Howard

nut-job

#3598
April 10, 2009, 05:05:42 AM
Considering this EMI collection of Messiaen of largely French performances.


http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/2174662.htm

Comments?

haydnguy

#3599
April 10, 2009, 11:05:56 PM
Quote from: nut-job on April 10, 2009, 05:05:42 AM
Considering this EMI collection of Messiaen of largely French performances.


http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/2174662.htm

Comments?

I have been eyeing that myself. Guidance????
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